Pompeii, Italy
Stone Phalluses of Pompeii
The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.
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Pompeii, Italy
The walls and streets of the ancient city are peppered with penises.
Pompeii, Italy
Erotic art covers the walls of the largest ancient pleasure palace.
Pompeii, Italy
The last moments of the ill-fated Pompeiians, frozen forever in plaster.
Beijing, China
Ming Dynasty necropolis raided during the Cultural Revolution.
Kanchanaburi, Thailand
This bridge made famous in a novel and on-screen wasn't actually built over the river Kwai.
Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
Artifacts and memories from the Vietnam war, located in a place that experienced it first hand.
Brackettville, Texas
Remembering the Alamo with a full-scale replica of the 1836 city.
Langtry, Texas
Once called the Jersey Lilly, this former saloon was the domain of infamous Judge Roy Bean.
Terlingua, Texas
An abandoned quicksilver mining town surrounded by the Big Bend parks.
Terlingua, Texas
Ghost town with a beer-drinking goat for mayor.
Marfa, Texas
Mysterious glowing orbs float through the desert night.
Valentine, Texas
A Prada store in the West Texas desert that is never open for business.
El Paso, Texas
Natural catch-basin rocks covered in thousands of drawings spanning many millennia.
Catskill, New York
The abandoned ruins of America's first private zoo are open for exploration in the Catskills.
Cooperstown, New York
A gigantic 10-foot tall stone man.
Howes Cave, New York
Why have you never heard of the second most popular tourist site in New York?
Schroon Lake, New York
This former theme park in New York's Adirondack Mountains fell into ruin before being resurrected as a state-run campground
Harrison, Nebraska
Site of the 1879 Cheyenne Outbreak and the site where famed Sioux chief Crazy Horse met his fate.
Bayard, Nebraska
This erect, phallic geological spire wasn't always named so domestically.
Keystone, South Dakota
The highest point in South Dakota contains the ashes of Valentine McGillycuudy, the "Holy White Man."
Deadwood, South Dakota
A cemetery housing wild west legends in South Dakota.
Philip, South Dakota
Dedicated to the history of the 1,000 nuclear missiles that once covered the Great Plains.
Wall, South Dakota
The granddaddy of all tourist traps, built on ice water, jackalopes, and a giant dinosaur.
Battle Mountain, Nevada
Small Nevada town embraced its designation as the "Armpit of America" with an Old Spice-sponsored festival.